As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, King Wu Fu Chai, who received mixed reviews from later generations, opened the Hangou Canal to connect the Yangtze River and the Huai River in order to transport troops and horses northward as quickly as possible.
Through this canal, the Dajiang River and the Huai River were connected together for the first time.
Since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the two sides have been constantly tug-of-war along the Huai River. It was not until Wu Mingche's Northern Expedition that the south bank of the Huai River fell into the hands of the Southern Dynasties. In order to strengthen their control over Huainan, the Southern Dynasties also made great efforts, such as Zhongli, Liangjun, etc.
The important towns along the line are all operating like iron barrels.
However, there is a problem: transporting soldiers, horses, food and grass from the south to the north is always stuck due to the disrepair of the roads. If the Huainan army had not actively carried out land reclamation and other activities, I am afraid it would have been unable to support it long ago.
This kind of self-sufficient production is still enough for the Huainan army to hold the defense line, but it would be too difficult for the Huainan army to rely on such self-sufficiency to gather enough food for the Northern Expedition to attack the enemy's equally strong Huaibei defense line.
Therefore, the need to establish a military frontier from Jiangnan, the main grain-producing area, to Huainan, has always been strong. The last time Li Xingchen inspected the Huainan frontline before the Han Dynasty entered Guanzhong, he had experienced the hardship of first taking a boat and then changing to a carriage.
However, the imperial court later launched a large-scale attack on Guanzhong, so Huainan's priority was naturally not that high. Although this matter was put on the agenda, it was not implemented for a long time.
After the Han Dynasty entered Guanzhong, the imperial court had some surplus and began to build the canal. The canal was completed in July and officially opened to navigation before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
With this canal, the Han Dynasty's inland water divisions no longer need to risk entering the Huai River through the outer sea. They can enter the Huai River through the canal at any time to support the Huainan army's operations, thereby avoiding many unnecessary troubles and losses for the inland water divisions. At the same time,
Autumn rice from the south is also continuously sent to the military camps on the Huainan front line, which is enough to support the Huainan army to prepare for the coming year's campaign.
The construction of new roads and new canals has undoubtedly set an example for other places. Now the construction of roads connecting major state capitals is in full swing. We can see that all local state capitals in the south have benefited greatly from the new roads.
The rapid circulation of many goods reduces the cost of cargo transshipment, and the prices of goods in the state government along the way are greatly reduced. The people are happy, and the state officials naturally gain political achievements in vain.
This kind of "why not do it" thing naturally made various state governments start to be more proactive in building roads.
If the Qin Dynasty built straight roads before, which was a waste of money and people, and thus caused dissatisfaction among the people, then now the Han Dynasty is building new roads. While ensuring political and military purposes, it also takes into account economic factors. The roads have brought new benefits to the people, even if
In the short term, taxes may be slightly raised and the living environment will become worse. Naturally, people will be able to make concessions for something that will be of great benefit in the long term.
Any nation that has been able to survive for five thousand years and last forever, like the Chinese family, will never be short-sighted. It is the nature of the Chinese nation to seek benefits for future generations.
No one wants to harm the interests of their descendants even if they know it, even if they suffer a little loss or suffer a little. If they really do something that harms others and themselves, they will be punished by their neighbors.
A stab in the spine from behind.
The rapid construction of roads in various places naturally provided excellent convenience for the Han Dynasty to mobilize troops and grain. At least the Han army would not be like the original attack on Lingnan, where the entire army relied on a spiritual canal to live its life.
When the bright moon rose from the eaves, Li Xinchen received the news that the road from Jiangling to Xiangyang was being completed, and the road from Baling to Changsha County was about to be completed. He breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief.
Through the construction of this kind of highway network, various regions in the Han Dynasty will be more closely connected together. In addition, coupled with the influence of commercial and trade networks, cultural networks, military mobilization, etc., which may be explicit or covert, virtual or real,
It will become increasingly difficult for Dahan to separate and become independent in one place, because each place has been integrated into Dahan's overall industrial chain. Without cheap raw materials from other places and high-priced purchases from another place, any
No industry in one place can exist alone.
As the Han Dynasty's dependence on trade and industry deepened, if a place broke away from the Han Dynasty, the entire society would be in turmoil, and neither the people nor the famous families would agree.
Through these networks, Li Xingchen finally completed control of every corner of the Han Dynasty.
Many ministers in the court woke up from their dreams after seeing the construction of the new road. However, the world was bustling and under the control of His Majesty and the court. No matter what their intentions were, they could not affect Li Xinchen's true feelings.
He uprooted the world from the hands of the aristocratic family and finally put it into his own pocket.
A few days ago, in the first autumn imperial examination, looking at the young faces and confident expressions of the scholars from all over the Han Dynasty, I knew that it was not only the interests of the world, but also the morale of the military and the people, as well as the talents of the world.
They all belong to His Majesty.
After putting down the memorial, Li Xingchen seemed to have come back to his senses from his own thoughts.
With the laughter of children around her, the little girl from Jinling was rushing to eat freshly baked Taishi cakes with her younger brothers and sisters who were already toddlers.
Taishi cakes are used by people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai during the Mid-Autumn Festival to commemorate the loyal ministers of the Shang Dynasty, Taishi Wenzhong. This custom has been around since the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The cakes are round with sweet fillings and different flavors. They are similar to pies and are considered
It is the predecessor of mooncakes that appeared in the Tang Dynasty.
After returning to Jiankang Mansion at the beginning of the second year of the New Year, Li Xinchen, the emperor who traveled around every day, finally stopped for more than a year, and he worked hard during this year.
Xiao Xiang, Xu Su and Shen Wuhua have given birth to children for him one after another, allowing the number of princes and princesses of the Han Dynasty to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the veterans who were worried about the issue of heirs for the Han Dynasty royal family finally relaxed their brows.
The big man has a successor.
Including the previous Princess Jinling and Li Canghai, Li Xingchen now has three sons and two daughters.
If we include Chen Yueyi, who was just pregnant, Kong Wangxian and Yang Lihua, in order not to leave any clues for future generations of gossip novels among the neighbors, Li Xingchen deliberately waited for a while, otherwise with his farming ability, it would not have been so long.
It's not yet time to get pregnant. In addition, Lechang's belly is also slightly swollen. The empress is taking the lead and has already given birth to her second child.
As for Zhang Lihua, all the capable female officers around Li Xingchen have been recruited by Yuchi Chifan. Li Xingchen really doesn't dare to let the only remaining one take maternity leave. Otherwise, I'm afraid Li Xingchen will really have to escort Chen Xuanhua and Yang Miao to serve as female officers.